Attachment for



W. E. LANE.

ATTACHMENT FO'R SUSPENDERS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-10,1918- Patented J 11116 10; 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM EDWARD LANE,,OF WILMINGT N, NOIUIH R L N ATTACHMENT FORSUSPENDE-RS;

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it: known that I; WILLIAM= EDWARD;

LANE, acitizen'of the United States, resid ing atlVilmington, in the.county of. New Hanover and State of North Carolina, have invented newand useful Improvements: in

Attachments for Suspenders, of: which the following isa speci'fication.=

This invention relates to improvements insuspenders forsupporting mens.trousers, and particularly. to means for-securing-in.

creased comfort and: convenience in the use of garment supportersofthisacharacter.

It isthe custom ofmany men to =adjust2thesuspenders so as to draw' thetrousers :high: to fit snugly aboutthe seat and zin the crotch.

VVhenthe trousers areso-adjusted and the wearer sits "down a pullingstrain: islplaced through the seat of the trousersiupon the sus:

pendersat the rear, causing-the rear ends of to give increased" lengthto. the suspenderstraps for the purpose of relieving the aforementionedstrain and rendenthesuspenders:

easy and comfort'able to the wearer-whilehe is sitting'down, such meansalso serving to obviate any-- tendency"of the-suspenderstraps lsliding-outwardlyon I the shoulders.

Another object of the inventioniis to provide means of the characterandforthepun. pose describedin the form of simple attachmentstethecast-offs and front Suspender ends, which attachments be brought:quickly and conveniently into 1 use when: de sired for temporarilyincreasing the length of the suspenderstraps when the wearer is sittingdown, without the necessityofchang ing the 7 normal adjustment of: thesuspend-'- ers, the-construction being such that theattaehments-wheninuse will present ai-sightly appearance and when not in-use will beentirely or substantially'concealed from-view. Withthese-andotherobjects in Vl6W,-tl16; invention consists: of the featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing,in which 1 Figure l is a front view ofthe-frontend Specification ofLetters Patent. Patenjged J 11116 10; 1919. Application filed September10, 1918.

Serial No. 253,403.:

Fig.1?) is. a. longitudinal section through. thepaltsshotvn in-Fig, lwith the partsof' the suspender end 5 arranged; in normal pos1t1on..

Referring to the drawing, 1: designates the. forwardzend ofonecf'theiwebs-or. strapsofi a;pa1r of suspenders, having the back.

turned t 01'! looped extremity. 2 forvconnection with theusualaadjustingandiclamping slide 3,. wherebythe length of said strap is adjusted... Inthe bightlofathis looped extremity; 2 isheld-the suspendingloop 4 towhich. is-con-nected one :end; of the suspending tab 5 adapted to be.folded over upon itself? in the. usual manner to receive and: hold the-Suspender: end 1. 6, whichmay be .ofJany ordinary or preferredconstruction. The tab is.

provided with the. usualisnap .fastener, cons sistlng. of. the springsocket. member 7, upon its free end; tolengage' the. spring stud 8,

upon. its secured end, to hold said tab in. folded or 'loopedi form,whereby the sus:- pender: end 6iis detachablyrheld inpositioni In.carrying my invention. into practice I.v

provide a. supplemental fastening member.- 9;

shown in the PI'QSBHt-EIDStZLIICG in the form-of:

ahook, fromwhich the suspended end6: may

be centrally; suspended when the free 7 end of theta-b 5 isdetached-from the stud 8- and? allowed to hang down, as: shown. in. Fig.1;

This hook: is formed' upon 1 the free end i of' a platelO which, forconvenience .inapplying it: in position, may be: formed at: its oppositeend:with-an-=openingor eye whereby it may be fitted upon the shankof:thespring -eye 7} and secured or; clamped thereby uponithe tab 5;By-thismethod ofl applying-the supple-. mental. fastening member 9 anornamental. connection is produced and the use of a dditional securingmeans obviated; When. the

eye 7 i is disengaged from. the stud 8 and the tab 5 allowed to hangdown as described, and as particularly showninFig. 1, it will beevidentthat the effective length of the strap l" willibe increased,sothat: upon con--- nectingthe suspender end 6v with and supporting itfrom the hook 9 suflicientslack will'be allowed: in the strap 1 torelieve any pull or tension which mayv fall uponthestrapwhenthewearersits down; By: looseningboth tabs- 5 upon the front strapsof the suspenders it will accordingly be evident that all pulling strainfrom the seat of tightly drawn up trousers may be relaxed, and byconnecting the suspender ends 6 with the hooks 9 the trousers will stillbe securely supported. The wearer may thus sit in comfort'while thesuspenders are temporarily loosened, and this slack or looseness in thesuspenders may be obtained without disturbing the position of theclamping slides or otherwise changing the normal adjustment of thesuspenders to normally support the trousers as desired by the wearer.lVhen the wearer again assumes a standing position the suspender ends 6may be moved out of engagement with the hooks 9 and the tabs 5 againfastened in normal position, as will be readily understood.

For the purpose of securing additional security of connection betweenthe suspender end 6 and hook 9, I may employ a second supplementalfastener. This consists of a bracket plate 11 carrying at its upper enda spring stud 12 for detachable engagement with the socket 7 and havingits lower end forked and formed with a pair of spaced eyes 13. The eyes13 receive and engage the suspender end 6 on opposite sides of itscenter and are adapted to lie on opposite sides of the hook 9, withwhich the suspender end 6 is engaged between said eyes. The supplementalfastener, when used, thus forms a permanent attachment to the suspenderend 6 and acts as a supplemental hanger therefor, increasing the extentof the supporting bearing and the security of the connection. \Vhen thetab 5 is folded up and in normal position it will be observed that thefastener 9 is held and concealed between its folds, while the fastener11 is detached from the socket 7 and is held by the suspender end 6 soas to also lie between the folds of the tab and to be concealed thereby.It is obvious, of course, that little or no change in the constructionof the parts of the suspender will be required to permit of the use ofthe invention, thus enabling the supplemental fasteners to be applied toordinary suspenders at small cost.

For the purpose of insuring a firm engagement between the hook 7 and thesuspender end, the bill of the hook may be bent into substantiallyV-form, to provide a spring closure 14: and flaring entrance to thehook.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an attachment for suspenders, the combination of a suspenderstrap, a tab secured at one end to the strap, coacting fastening membersupon the respective ends of the tab for securing said tab in folded andloop forming position, a suspender end adapted to be held at a normalelevation in the bight of the folded tab, and means for supporting thesuspender end at a lower ele-- vati on directly from the freec nd of thetab when said end of the tab is released and the tab disposed in adepending position.

2. In an attachment for suspenders, the combination of a suspenderstrap, a tab secured at one end to the strap, coacting fastening membersupon the respective ends of the tab for-securing said tab in folded andloop forming position, a suspender end adapted to be held at a normalelevation in the bight of the folder tab, and a fastening member uponthe suspended end engageable with the fastening member on the free endof the tab for supporting the suspender end at a lower elevationdirectly from the free end of the tab when said end of the tab isreleased and the tab disposed in a depending position.

3. In an attachment for suspenders, the combination with a suspenderstrap, a suspender end, a tab carried by the strap, and coactingfastening members upon the tab for securing it in folded and looped formto hold the suspender end at a normal elevation in the bight of theloop, of a hooked supplemental fastening member supported by thefastening member on the free end of the tab for supporting the suspenderend at a lower elevation from such end of the tab when said tab isunfolded and extended.

4. In an attachment for suspenders, the combination with a suspenderstrap, a suspender end, a tab carried by the strap, and coactingfastening members upon the ends of the tab for securing it in folded andlooped form to hold the suspender end in the bight of the loop at anormal elevation, of a fastening member held by the fastening memberuponthe free end of the tab for securing the suspender end at a lowerelevation to said tab when said tab is unfolded and extended linearlyfrom the strap, and a fastening member upon the tab and engageable withthe last-named fastening members to additionally secure said suspenderend to the free end of the tab.

5. In an attachment for suspenders, the combination with a suspenderstrap, a suspender end, a tab carried by the strap, and fasteningmembers upon the ends of the tab adapted for interengagement to hold thetab folded and in looped form to receive and hold the suspender end, ofa supplemental fastening member carried by the free end of the tab todetachably receive and support the suspender end when the tab isunfastened and extended, and a second supplemental fastening membercarried by the suspender end and detachably engageable with the saidsupplemental fastening member and the fastening member upon the free endof the tab for additionally securing the suspender end to the let downtab.

6. In an attachment for suspenders, the combination with a suspenderstrap, a suspender end, a tab carried by the suspender strap,interlocking stud and socket fastening members upnn the ends of the tabfor securing the tab in folded and loop forming position, a fasteningmember held by the fastening member at the free end of the tab fordetachably receiving and holding a suspender end, and a fastening memberattach- In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

WILLIAM EDWARD LANE.

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